FAZ CLINCHES DUTCH FRIENDLY FOR COPPER QUEENS ON OCT 6 IN BREDA
(FAZ) The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) wishes to announce that it has jointly organized an international friendly match with the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) between the Orange Lionesses and the Copper Queens on October 6 in Breda.
FAZ General Secretary Adrian Kashala says the friendly match was part of the well laid out plan to prepare the Copper Queens for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup to be co-hosted by Australia/New Zealand.
“This is a huge moment for the Copper Queens that already participated at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and want to leave a mark at the 2023 FIFA World Cup in Australia/New Zealand,” says Kashala.
Meanwhile KNVB has also announced the development across its official platforms.
“The Orange Lionesses will play a friendly match against Zambia on Thursday, October 6 at 6.45 pm in the stadium of NAC Breda. At the beginning of this month, the Lionesses qualified for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand under the leadership of the new national coach Andries Jonker. Zambia qualified for the World Cup for the first time last July by reaching the semi-finals in the African Cup with South Africa, Nigeria and Morocco, which South Africa eventually won,” reads a statement by the KNVB.
The last time the Orange squad played against Zambia, it won 10-3 in the opening game of the Olympic Games in Japan. Vivianne Miedema then scored four times while Barbra Banda netted a hattrick.
Ticket sales
Tickets for the match against Zambia are available from 15 euros via the online ticket shop of the KNVB (www.onsoranje.nl/tickets). For orange club card holders, the sale will start on Friday September 23 at 12 noon. The free sale starts on Monday, September 26 at 12 noon.
For and on behalf of:
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF ZAMBIA
Sydney Mungala
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER